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>>>from the fda tonight -- a warning to
health care
providers about sterile products made by a leading
compounding pharmacy
. the government says the products made by the dallas-based nuvision pharmacy may have been contaminated and could put patients at rick of infection.

>>>we turn now to
mental health
and new guidelines to help professional diagnose some common disorders. nbc's chief medical editor dr.
nancy snyderman
says for some the new classifications are causing controversy.

>> reporter: at 5 years old, scott was diagnosed with
asperger
's syndrome. now, 23, he's lived with the disorder for as long as he can remember.

>>it just makes me unable to read people.

>> reporter: people with
asperger
's like scott have often relied on assistance from
health services
and early intervention, received because of their diagnosis. many families worry this critical aid will be in jeopardy after the release after new handbook.

>>it is a very scary thing for us and for families who have children on the
autism spectrum
that need services.

>> reporter: that handbook, the
diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
, or the
dsm
, is the
gold standard
used by psychiatrists for more than 60 years to guide them when diagnosing
mental disorders
.

>>they is a considerable 5789 amount of research and crinkle expertise and advances that made it very appropriate for us to issue a
dsm
. 5.

>> reporter: under the new guidelines, those who had once been diagnosed with
asperger
's noul fall under the broader umbrella of
autism spectrum disorder
. new diagnoses, such as
hoarding disorder
and binge
eating disorder
have also been added to the manual. changes that have created controversy.

>>dsm
-5 has been too innovative allowing too many openings for untended consequences that will lead to excessive and harmful treatment.

>> reporter: despite the debate, some experts say that while disorder classification will change, treatment option s will remain the same. so does the new dms give docs more freedom to just say it i'll just fix it with a pill?

>>no. the new manual doesn't give that kind of permission to fix it with a pill at all. it is not a treatment document. never was. it's a communication document.

>>maybe we can think about it differently.

>> reporter: a bright spot for families like the finklesteins, trying to make sure loved ones with disorders get the proper care.

>>just because it's gone away in the book doesn't mean it is going away in
real life
.